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Five people wearing pink RNIB t-shirts and holding signs protesting railway stations ticket office closures, stand outside the Department for Transport.
Five people wearing pink RNIB t-shirts and holding signs protesting railway stations ticket office closures, stand outside the Department for Transport.

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Campaigning works: Tactile paving on train platforms completed across Britain

Five years after the tragic death of Cleveland Gervais, a man with sight loss who fell from a train platform that lacked tactile paving to warn him of the plat…

Posted Tuesday, 8 July 2025 News type: News story

RNIB response to the publication of the NHS 10 Year Plan

Posted Monday, 7 July 2025 News type: Press release

Bangor Audiobook members create RNIB Talking Books legacy

Bangor Audiobook group are pleased to have now chosen the third RNIB Talking Book to add to the RNIB Library for users of the service across the UK and beyond …

Posted Monday, 7 July 2025 News type: Press release

Our verdict on the 10-Year Plan for the NHS

The UK Government released the long awaited 10-Year Plan to reform the National Health Service (NHS) in England.

Posted Friday, 4 July 2025 News type: News story

Where are we now? The benefits U-turn unpacked

Planned changes to disability benefits are in disarray after a last minute U-turn by government in response to widespread campaigning and the concerns of many …

Posted Thursday, 3 July 2025 News type: News story

UK Government concessions not enough: Help maintain pressure on MPs to vote against damaging benefit cuts

Thanks to your persistent campaigning, the UK Government is offering major concessions to its planned cuts to health and disability benefits. But the concessio…

Posted Friday, 27 June 2025 News type: News story

Mayobridge woman Aoife’s ‘Sight Towards the Summit’ challenge raises over £45,500 for sight loss charity RNIB

This May, 28 year old Aoife McGlade from Mayobridge (in Northern Ireland), alongside family and friends, took on an incredible challenge to raise funds for the…

Posted Wednesday, 25 June 2025 News type: Press release

New community café opens in Edinburgh

Sight loss charity RNIB Scotland has opened a new community café in Edinburgh.

Posted Tuesday, 24 June 2025 News type: News story News type: Press release